Just when you think bold, challenging, artful filmmaking has left the Amer-indie landscape altogether, there's always a film or two every year that comes along to re-energize your faith in domestic cinema. And I'm not talking about those film festival breakouts that cross over into the mainstream or into Academy recognition. I'm talking about films that aspire to and even attain the heights of international art film -- rarefied, perhaps, but groundbreakers all the same. (Past year's examples include In Between Days, Day Night, Day Night, Munyurangabo, Chop Shop, et. al. -- all directed by filmmakers I'm happy to say have delivered or are in the process of delivering similarly uncompromising follow-ups).